Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1924)

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Congratulations, Miss Naldi — your style is like yourself! My admiration of you is unbounded and I hope to meet you sometime, somewhere. Julia Roe Davis. Unreal Reels Princeton, N. J. Two or three pioneers have shown the way, notably Charlie Chaplin with his "A Woman of Paris," but most producers still fight shy of a strong and consistent plot, and insist on perfect heroes and happy endings. One of these, writing in a personal vein in his advertisements, says: "I never could understand why such a story turned out unhappily, etc. I don't like death scenes, I don't like to see the hero shot or hanged, or the heroine die in the arms of her lover when they can just as well live and send you home with pleasant impressions and memories." R. H. So Do Wet Lexington, Mass. In the April number of Photoplay I read a short paragraph in an otherwise interesting article with which I strongly disagree. The statement was made that certainly their most ardent admirers could not call Bill Hart, Doug Fairbanks and Tommy Meighan handsome. Now, I am, and long have been, an ardent admirer of Tommy Meighan and I consider him one of the handsomest of screen stars. Claire Ball. An Outstanding Feature Reward, Calif. I have just finished a good meal. That is reading Photoplay Magazine. I always read the magazine from cover to cover, but the most outstanding feature that ever existed in any magazine is the article on Home Decorations by William J. Moll. Melvin Black. Brief Reviews of Current Pictures [ continued from page io^ MAILMAN, THE— F. B. O.— More propaganda for trie letter carrier. Interesting and very much for the family. (February.) MAN FROM BRODNEY'S, THE— Vitagraph.— Wildly improbable, but also wildly exciting and, therefore, good entertainment. (February.) MAN FROM WYOMING, THE— Universal.— A roaring Western, with Jack Hoxie as the blustering hero. (April.) MAN LIFE PASSED BY, THE — Metro. — Another interesting interpretation by Percy Marmont of one of the lovable failures he does so well. (March.) MAN'S MATE, A — Fox. — John Gilbert and Renee Adoree do their best, but the result is pretty bad. (June.) MARRIAGE CIRCLE, THE— Warner Brothers. — A masterpiece of direction by Lubitsch which results in a strikingly amusing comedy, admirably acted. (April.) MARTYR TRAIL, THE— Capital.— What one brutal man can't do to two poor females! But regeneration of the wicked and sunshine follow. (June.) MASK OF LOPEZ, THE— Monogram.— Another Western of the usual type. (February.) MAYTIME — Preferred. — The camera doesn't help this dainty musical play. (February.) MEN IN THE RAW— Universal.— A formula picture. Heart-of-gold cowboy, "little prairie flower," cattle rustlers. Jack Hoxie rides well. (January.) MILE-A-MINUTE MORGAN— Sanford.—" Just another movie" and about as poor as possible. (June.) MILE-A-MINUTE ROMEO— Fox.— Tom Mix again — dauntless as ever — and, with the help of Tony, just as entertaining. (June.) MILLION TO BURN, A— Universal.— An amusing picture without much probability. (January.) MIRACLE MAKERS, THE— Asso. Exhibitors.— The pure-heroine-and-Chinese-den formula. (Feb.) MODERN MATRIMONY— Select.— A commonplace plot filled with homely sentiment. Just innocuous. (January.) MONKEY'S PAW, THE— Selznick.— An intelligent piece of work by a producer who has a real idea and who sticks to it, thereby deserving praise. Worth seeing. (January.) MORAL SINNER, THE— Paramount.— Screen version of "Leah Kleschna" makes a rather mediocre crook drama. (June.) MRS. DANE'S CONFESSION— F. B. O.— An old picture revived because of the notoriety of Count Salm, who is in it. (May.) MY MAN — Vitagraph. — Dustin Farnum as a cave man political boss. Just passable. (April.) NAME THE MAN— Goldwyn — A Hall Caine story with the long arm of coincidence stretched out of shape. (February.) NEAR LADY, THE— Universal.— Poor comedy, with the titles the poorest. (February.) NELLIE, THE BEAUTIFUL CLOAK MODEL— Goldwyn. — An old thriller, done with a sense of humor which makes it well worth while. (April.) NET, THE— Fox.— If you like Bertha M. Clay novels, you might see this one. (April.) NEXT CORNER, THE— Paramount.— Not so good. Direction is bad and picture drags. (April.) NIGHT HAWK, THE — Hodkinson. — Harry Carey at his best in a Western drama with plenty of plot and riding. (June.) NIGHT MESSAGE, THE— Universal.— Melodrama based on a Southern family feud. Also, pretty well done. (June.) NO MORE WOMEN— Allied Producers.— All right if you've nothing else to do. (April). NO MOTHER TO GUIDE HER— Fox.— If you like melodrama, this will please you. Genevieve Tobin as a sort of perfect specimen. (May.) NORTH OF HUDSON BAY— Fox.— An excellent story of the Far North, with Tom Mix as hero. Filled with thrills and well worth seeing. (April.) NORTH OF NEVADA— F. B. O.— An old story with good Western stuff in it — the fight on the cliff and other sure-fire features. (May.) OLD FOOL, THE— Hodkinson.— Starts with a good idea, but loses it in favor of conventional crook story. (March.) ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH— Vitagraph.— A fine cast miscast and wasted on a weak plot and poor direction. (January.) ON TIME— Truart. — Richard Talmadge doing athletic stunts around a very poor story. (May.) OTHER MEN'S DAUGHTERS — Apollo. — A sporty father meets Ills daughter at a swift party, but all ends happily. (March.) OUR HOSPITALITY— Metro.— Buster Keaton in what seems to be a travesty on the old feud story. Not very good or funny. (January.) PAGAN PASSION— Selznick.— Starts well, but gets off the track and becomes tiresome. (June.) PAINTED PEOPLE — First National. — A story of a small town girl who becomes a real somebody. Colleen Moore's work excellent. (April.) PHANTOM JUSTICE — F. B. O. — Rod La Rocque with a toothache in a weird and wild melodrama. (March.) PHANTOM RIDER, THE— Universal.— Jack Hoxie in the kind that has made him popular. His riding is worth the price. A very good Western. (May.) PIED PIPER MALONE — Paramount. — Tom Meighan's new one and as likable as Tom himself Simple and charming. (Abril.) Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed.